Is she having a McDream?

In a stunning development, it looked as though lead character Meredith Grey (Ellen Pompeo) was dead at the end of Thursday's episode.

In the Feb. 8 episode, she was accidentally thrown into the Seattle harbor at the site of a ferry disaster. Her boyfriend, McDreamy, a.k.a. Derek Shepherd (Patrick Dempsey), dragged her from the water Thursday. Her doctor friends at Seattle Grace worked feverishly to save her, but it looked grim as the episode ended.

Meredith woke up in what looked like the afterlife. But would one of the biggest hits on TV kill off its leading lady just as a sweeps stunt? Don't count on it. It's a medical soap, after all, and no doubt next week's "Grey's" will feature a stunning comeback by Meredith.

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